Sunday 28th June 2009
	Lingering rarities proved to be the day's highlights comprising the territorial Little Bittern still in Somerset, Black Duck in Cornwall, three Cattle Egrets together in County Cork and single Great White Egrets recorded in each of Aberdeenshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Scarcities included a Purple Heron again in Somerset, a Serin still in Dorset, Surf Scoter in Aberdeenshire and Marsh Warblers in Oxfordshire and the Shetland Isles. Species engaged in post-breeding influxes included Crossbill (303 recorded in six counties including 172 on the Orkney Isles and 117 on the Shetland Isles), Wood Sandpiper (21 in seven counties including eight in Lincolnshire) and Spotted Redshank (93 across seven counties including 33 in Suffolk at Minsmere and 30 in Kent at Elmley Marshes).
-  Chris Batty, RBA